TROY -- A 39-year-old city man was indicted on charges of attempted murder for stabbing a man in the neck earlier this month.

Marlon Saint Francis of Fourth Avenue was charged with attempted second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault for allegedly stabbing a man sitting in a parked car on Fourth Avenue at 5 p.m. Nov. 4, according to the indictment.

Police said Francis knew the man and walked up to his car, shook his hand and then repeatedly stabbed him, Capt. John Cooney said.

The victim drove away but crashed into a cemetery fence at Fourth Avenue and 107th Street. He then ran up Fifth Avenue, where people who saw him called an ambulance. He was rushed into surgery with serious stab wounds and blood loss and is now recuperating, Cooney said.

The victim gave police a description of his attacker. Officers watching certain addresses in the city arrested Francis five days later, allegedly wearing a wig to hide his identity.